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Meaning of PILLORY in English

A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.

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    Meaning of PILLORY in English

    • A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
    • To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
    • Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.

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